The event is sponsored by the Whitacre College of Engineering at Texas Tech.

EVENT: Teams of high school students from Lubbock, El Paso and surrounding cities will
participate in the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC) Panhandle-Plains Regional Championship.
Winners will receive recognition for design excellence, sportsmanship and teamwork
and will advance to the South Super Regional March 23-25 in Athens, Georgia.

FTC is a challenging, mid-level robotics competition designed for high school students
who want a hands-on learning experience to develop their skills in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.

Teams of up to 10 students are responsible for designing, building and programming
their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is
reusable from year to year and is programmed using a variety of languages. Teams,
including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build
robots based on sound engineering principles.